Chef Luke Reyes, formerly of Butchers & Barbers, has teamed up with Philip Frankland Lee to open Oh Man! Ramen in Encino, just next door to Lee’s Scratch Bar & Kitchen. The small shop has a 16-seat ramen bar, a 20-seat communal table, and an open kitchen. Though the two restaurants serve different purposes (and cuisines), the ramen joint relies on whole animal cuts and bones from next door for its ramen toppings and tonkotsu broth (herbivores, there’s a vegetable ramen for you, too). The menu boasts exactly what you’d expect from a ramen restaurant, as far as non-ramen menu items go: sashimi, pork belly buns, rice bowls, chicken wings, and of course, house made MSG.

Oh Man! Ramen

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Chef Luke Reyes, formerly of Butchers & Barbers, has teamed up with Philip Frankland Lee to open Oh Man! Ramen in Encino, just next door to Lee’s Scratch Bar & Kitchen. The small shop has a 16-seat ramen bar, a 20-seat communal table, and an open kitchen. Though the two restaurants serve different purposes (and cuisines), the ramen joint relies on whole animal cuts and bones from next door for its ramen toppings and tonkotsu broth (herbivores, there’s a vegetable ramen for you, too). The menu boasts exactly what you’d expect from a ramen restaurant, as far as non-ramen menu items go: sashimi, pork belly buns, rice bowls, chicken wings, and of course, house made MSG.